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Features

Insider Insights: Meet Statistics & Data Science Major Parul Gupta

From organizing hackathons to tackling big data sets, one student finds inspiration in the college’s newest major.

SDS major Parul Gupta smiles at a recent hackathon.

Podcast

Live Show: AI + Energy

In our latest podcast, a panel of experts discuss the huge energy demands of AI and, on the flip side, how AI might make our...

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Features

Elections are an Opportunity for Young People and for the People who Care about Them

As ballots are cast, what do younger voters — and their peers and champions — need? A scientist weighs in.

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Features

Trick or Treat: Spooky Science to Give You a Scare

Halloween is a good season to treat yourself to some thrilling discoveries from scientists at UT Austin.

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Features

Preparing for Future Outbreaks, Experts Use Disease Simulation Exercise

Public health officials and researchers gathered this month for a gamified version of an outbreak investigation.

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Announcements

Frontier Fellows Tackle Humanity’s Biggest Question: Where Do We Come From?

The inaugural class of Cosmic Frontier Center postdoctoral fellows will study black holes in early galaxies and the formation of the first stars.

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Announcements

Remembering Turing Award Winner E. Allen Emerson

Emerson was a pioneer of a computer science technique called Model Checking that has become a standard approach in hardware and software development.

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Research

Ultra-Processed Foods Pose Unique Dangers for People With Type 2 Diabetes

Researchers found ultra-processed foods, even diet ones, bring distinct risks for people with diabetes.

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Accolades

Samanta Receives Packard Fellowship

Devleena Samanta is the first faculty member from the University of Texas at Austin to receive the early-career award in the chemistry category.

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Announcements

Giant Magellan Telescope Begins Primary Mirror Support System Testing

The milestone marks the start of a six-month optical testing phase at the University of Arizona.

A large telescope mirror hovers over a support system prototype for lab tests